European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Braves take Over first place byte Saladino Atlanta a Tom Glavine had his Little slump recently. Its apparently Over. Glavine pitched a four hitter to become the major leagues first 17-game Winner and drove in the go ahead run wednesday night As the surging braves Defeated the mets 3-1 to take Over first place in the no West by one game Over los Angeles. The dodgers lost 6-4 to the pirates. Glavine 17-8pitching with a heavily taped right ankle which he sprained in his last Start struck out four and walked one for his eighth Complete game. He retired 16 of the last 17. The left hander who was 12-4 at the Foster 3-Peats in hurdles Tokyo apr Greg Foster took his third consecutive Gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the world championships on thursday beating fellow american Jack Pierce in a close finish. Sergei Bubka in what could be his final appearance for the soviet Union broke his own meet record in the pole vault and american runner Delisa Floyd world track became the first athlete to draw a four year suspension under the toughened anti drug regulations when she tested positive for amphetamines. The test was taken after the semifinals of the women a 800, meters in which Floyd finished eighth and last in her heat. Foster who also won titles in Helsinki in 1983 and Rome in 1987, finished in 13.06 seconds. Pierce had the same time and Tony Jarrett of Britain was third in 13.25. Foster bettered his 1987 meet record of 13.20. A Jack and i ran a great race a Foster said. A i tried to stay relaxed. In a 32 now and it really does not get better with. Age. This was surely the hardest of my three  he a the second triple Gold medallist in the history of the championships. Carl Lewis is a three time Winner in the 100. Bubka won the pole vault with an Effort of 19 feet 6y4 inches. He held the record at 19-2va% which he set in 1987. Bubka declined to continue after winning the Gold medal. Bubka who holds the world outdoor record at 20-4 and the indoor Mark at 20-1, is a native of the Ukraine one of seven soviet republics which have declared their Independence. The Independence declarations could spell the end of a United soviet team in International Competition. Antonio Pettigrew another american captured the Gold medal in the menus 400 with a time of 44.57. It was the United states second Gold of the Day and left the . And the soviet Union tied at six each. Roger Black of Britain who Ted from the Start to the last strides was second in 44.62, and Danny Everett of the United states was third in 44.63. Tatyana Lidovskaya of the soviet Union won the women a 400 hurdles As charging american Sandra Farmer Pat Rick hit the final hurdle stumbled and dropped Back to fourth place. American Dan of Brien the favorite in the decathlon got off to a Strong Start and seemed on his Way to a Gold medal. He led after five events with 4,602 Points. Canadas Michael Smith was second with 4,534. Bucs demote dodgers a Page 30 All Star break struggled in july losing three times but has won three of his last four starts. A a in a starting to feel real comfortable again a Glavine said a i can to say in a not going to struggle again this year but i feel a lot More confident again like i did before the All Star  a a that Sas Good As in be seen him a braves manager Bobby Cox said. A but it seems like pm always saying  the braves who caught the dodgers atop the no West on tuesday have won six of eight and have a 31-16 record since the All Star break the Best in the league. Glavine was touched for the Metsy Only run in the third when Kevin Elster singled to extend his hitting Streak to eight games and was sacrificed to second by Frank Viola. Chuck Carr then drove in Elster with a single. The braves went ahead in the fifth off Viola 12-12who has lost four in a Row and seven of his last eight decisions Jeff Blauser led off the fifth with a walk and scored on Gregg Olson a double to right Center. Carr pulled his right hamstring racing for the Ball and was removed from the game. Mark Lemke then sacrificed Olson to third and Glavine followed with an rib single to Center. The stars and stripes August 30,1991 Page 32 Penn states Terry Smith Steps away from Georgia techs Marcus Coleman 22 and Willie Clay in wednesdays Kickoff  East Rutherford . A Tony Sacca set a school record with five touchdown passes As Penn state ended Georgia techs 16-game unbeaten Streak routing the yellow jackets 34-22 wednesday night in the Kickoff classic. Sacca who had 10 to passes All last season threw two each to Terry Smith and . Mcduffie and one to Richie Anderson before a record Kickoff classic crowd of 77,409 at giants stadium. After building a 13-3 halftime Lead the seventh ranked Kittany Lions broke thrips jackets game open when Sacca threw three to during a a a a a rough the scores followed turnovers by no. 8 a a r v a a or passes during a 3-minute, 40-second Span Midway through the second half. All of Georgia tech the Only undefeated team in division i a last season. Mcduffie a 5-Yard reception gave Penn state a 20-3 Lead with 2 57 left left in the third Quarter. Following an interception by Matt Baggett the Lions immediately struck again on a spectacular juggling 39-Yard catch by Mcduffie. Penn state then recovered a Fumble by Georgia tech quarterback Shawn Jones setting up a score on a 53-Yard screen pass from Sacca to Anderson that made it 34-3 with 14 17 left in the game. Sacca a senior who was criticized for erratic play during his first three years at Penn state completed 13 of 24 passes for 206 Yards. His five to passes broke the school re Cord of four held by three others. Smith caught five passes for 51 Yards Anderson four for 93 and Mcduffie four for 62. Georgia tech scored three touchdowns in the final 4 40, but it was much too Little and much too late. Jones scored on a 2-Yard run and backup Jeff Howard threw to passes of 41 Yards to Jason Mcgill and 25 Yards to Greg Lester the latter after the yellow jackets recovered an on sides kick Scott Sisson missed the extra Point after Lester a touchdown snapping his Pat Streak at 70. Jones touted As a Heisman trophy contender lost three fumbles and was intercepted once. He completed 15 of 31 passes for 155 Yards. It was Georgia tech s first defeat since losing to Duke 30-19 on oct. 28, 1989. The yellow jackets 15-0-1 Mark since then had been the nations longest unbeaten Streak. The Victory continued Penn states domination of Atlantic coast conference teams under Joe Paterno who is 36-4-1 is. The acc. It also gave Paterno a 5-0 record against tech coach Bobby Ross whose Maryland teams were 0-4 against Penn state. Penn state was embarrassed in its Only previous Kickoff classic appearance losing the inaugural game to Nebraska 44-6. This time the Lions embarrassed Georgia tech. With two Redshirt freshmen starting in the Backfield and a rebuilt offensive line tech managed Only 113 Yards on the ground against Penn states Veteran detente. The yellow jackets also had five turnovers one fifth of their total for All last season. The yellow jackets got so desperate that they used All american safety Ken Swilling on two straight offensive plays in the second Quarter. But like the rest of their offence he Wasny to effective. After a pass from Jones to Swilling was broken up Swilling was tackled for a 1-Yard loss on 4th-and-l from the Penn state 35. Inside sports up front . 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